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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Again, selective outrage.  If he doesn't sign a bill it automatically becomes law 30 days after adjournment.  Many to most states are like this.

People, at least know the facts before you start reposting misinformation.  You are part of the problem![/quote]

So he is behaving differently than any other previous governor but it's "selective" outrage.

Oh.  [/quote]

Oh please I remember Northam signing the SB1303 guaranteeing in person school on the very last day. 
Andplusalso - the Ds are no better. Youngkin is basically doing payback for the Ds not approving one of his cabinet selections which they historically just rubber stamp - and so the Ds also behaving differently as well.

It’s really becoming clear to me that the difference between the Rs and the Ds is the difference between gonorrhea and chlamydia. [/quote]

Dems opposed one nominee who was wholly unfit and approved lots of others without incident.  That’s a little different from what Youngkin is doing. [/quote]

And Youngkin then refused to approve a whole bunch of Northam appointees in retaliation for Dems not approving one trump epa guy.  Youngkin is screwing up the “Virginia Way” with his hyper partisan and retaliatory antics.[/quote]

Why should approve any Northam appointees?  Isn't it the current Gov's job to appoint????[/quote]

DP.  Do you not live in Virginia?  Or is this just the first time you’ve ever paid attention to state level politics?  That’s a serious question, because you seem deeply uninformed about how Virginia’s government typically functions. [/quote]

I’ve lived in Va for 9 years this week. I was a self identified D until a few weeks ago - so maybe I didn’t pour over what McA and Northam were doing. But this is the type of partisan crap I’ve been seeing from the Ds with respect to Youngkin:

Youngkin says he intends to replace Virginia’s top election official
State board chair calls expected firing ‘a slap in the face’ to election workers

https://www.virginiamercury.com/2022/01/25/youngkin-says-he-intends-to-replace-virginias-top-election-official/

Meanwhile Youngkin was doing nothing new and each of McA and Northam appointed their own top election officials as well if you continue to read the article. So if you have any actual facts you want to share - please enlighten me. I just shared one. [/quote]

You could quite literally start by reading this thread. [/quote]

Feel free to link. You’re not helping educate anyone. I’ve read the whole thread. [/quote]

Go back and read the posts (and the linked WaPo article) about how Youngkin is signing Republican-sponsored bills from the House while vetoing identical Dem-sponsored bills from the Senate even though custom and practice is for the governor to sign both versions, thereby turning non-controversial bipartisan legislation into petty partisan vindictiveness. [/quote]

I was the one who linked the WaPo article. And, I’m saying Ds are acting against custom too. [/quote]

Democrats did it for substantive reasons.  Youngkin is doing it for spite.  MAGA seem to have trouble understanding the difference, though. [/quote]

Step 1 to embracing reality - everyone thinks they’re doing it for good reasons. You justify what your side does. [/quote]

If Wheeler did in Virginia what he did to the EPA, it would destroy Virginia’s natural environment, all for the sake of a few more pennies for the owners of coal and oil & gas companies.  If you can’t see the issue with that, you’re lying about having ever been a Democrat.

What substantive purpose do you believe it serves for Youngkin sign one bill but veto an identical one?  Can you actually justify that on the merits, or is this whole tangent nothing but a distraction from something you know is indefensible?[/quote]

There is no substantive difference to the life of regular Virginians if he approves one bill rather than two identical ones. You only care for political reasons. [/quote]

Thank you for admitting that this is nothing but petty partisanship on Youngkin’s part with no substantive value or purpose.

And it is noted that you did not deny Democrats had substantive reasons for opposing Wheeler’s nomination.  [/quote]

Ds could have substantive reason to deny all R nominations.  It’s not common practice tho. It was a departure from the usual. [/quote]

Departures from the usual can and should happen when there are significant substantive reasons for doing so.  The Senate should not object to every nomination by a governor from the other party just for the sake of it (which Senate Dems did not do here, as they confirmed the vast majority of Youngkin’s nominees), because that would be spiteful.  When there are significant substantive concerns about the fitness of a nominee, however, the Senate can and should thoroughly evaluate them and should not confirm the nominee if the concerns cannot be resolved, as Democrats did here with Wheeler.  This is not some trifling detail, it’s a constitutionally-imposed responsibility. [/quote]

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